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Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Princeton Authorizing the Execution of a Development Agreement with PCH Development Corporation for an Affordable Housing Development in Connection with the Municipality's Fourth Round Affordable Housing Plan
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey Supreme Court, through its rulings in Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Mount Laurel, 67 N.J. 151 (1975) and Southern Burlington County NAACP 14 v. Mount Laurel, 92 N.J. 158 (1983), has determined that every municipality in New Jersey has a constitutional obligation to provide through its land use regulations a realistic opportunity for its fair share of its region's present and prospective needs for housing for low- and moderate-income families; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2024, Governor Murphy signed P.L.2024, c.2. into law, amending the Fair Housing Act of 1985, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301, et seq., to establish a new framework for determining and enforcing municipalities' affordable housing obligations under the New Jersey Supreme Court's Mount Laurel doctrine and the Act (the "FHA"); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the FHA and Administrative Directive #14-24 issued by the Administrative Office of the Courts on December 13, 2024 ("Administrative Directive #14-24"), the Township filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment entitled In the Matter of the Application of the Municipality of Princeton in Mercer County, bearing Docket No. MER-L-1550-15, identifying its fourth round present need and prospective need obligations, committing to timely preparing and adopting a Housing Element and Fair Share Plan ("HEFSP"), implementing ordinances and compliance submissions, and seeking a declaratory judgment granting fourth round compliance certification, including a judgment of compliance and repose pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-304.1 of the FHA; and
WHEREAS, PCH Development Corporation ("PCH") is a local not-for-profit corporation that has a long history of developing, constructing, faci...
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